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Where can you get a good sweat in downtown Bellevue?

Do you think Bellevue is better now, or are you waxing nostalgic for the way it was a decade or so ago?: the version of Bellevue before there was no skyline…and no….gyms! We were hard pressed to find a gym right in the heart of downtown in the mid nineties.

I’ve been thinking about the fact that a decade ago I had to drive out to Totem Lake to work out at Gold’s Gym because the only place to work out in downtown Bellevue was The Bellevue Club which is private, or Ballys in Eastgate which was too big or Iron Works, which was not really in downtown Bellevue.

Then, a Gold’s went in off Bel-Red road around 1997 and that was a huge development for the gym challenged in Bellevue. And, a much needed addition for those of us who want to get in, get out and get on with it.

So much has changed since then.

Here then, are some of the more prolific places you can sweat it out in downtown Bellevue that have popped up in the last decade.
Not in any particular order, just randomly listed, and I am not listing them all, just the ones I have personally been to:
I know there are probably lots more and you are welcome to list them in the comments if you wish.

First Street Fitness (no website, but this gym is great for a quick workout and has easy street parking across from the Bellevue Downtown Park. They also have an indoor pool and personal trainers.
10001 NE 1st St
Bellevue, WA 98004

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